Error handling on failed tests : Automation Tools

[Chris Wright]

I am new to Ranorex and having trouble finding out the cause of test failures. I have recorded an automated test manually without error. When I play it back through Ranorex it does not complete and a red line appears. How do I obtain information from that 'red line' to find out why the test is failing?? An error log or description of sorts?

Thanks
Chris

[Support Team]

Hi,

the red line tells you the cause of the probelm.
Additional you can jump to the item where the problem occurs and you can analyze the item using Ranorex Spy.
e.g.:

Report output

fail.jpg (25.87 KiB) Viewed 304 times

tells you, that the adapter "Some_Adapter" was not found. You can jumpt to the item and open it in Ranorex Spy.

Regards,
Tobias
Support Team

[Chris Wright]

Hi, thanks for your responce. The red line i see does not look like that, its purely the text in the row that is red where as tests that are ok are green?

How do i get to the view you have sent me ??

Regards
Chris

[Support Team]

Hi Chris,

This new view was delivered with Ranorex 3.0. Which version have you installed on your machine?

Regards,
Peter
Ranorex Team

[Ciege]

Have you tried wrapping your test code sections in Try/Catch blocks to catch exceptions in code and be able to deal with them appropriately?

I.E.

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try
{
  do stuff...
}
catch (exception e)
{
  report on what e is...
}

Also, with the "red text" are you talking about the text that is displayed in a command prompt window that shows the current status of the test as it is running? If so, the "view" that Peter is mentioning is the result log that is displayed in the Report Viewer or your current browser (depending on how you are set up).

[Chris Wright]

I am currently on version 2.3.5.10317. It's a fully licensed version, am I able to download the latest version from Ranorex?

[Support Team]

Hi,

we've just sent you a mail covering all information about your license and subscription.
Please see the mail for further information.

Kind regards,
Tobias
Support Team